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The idea of progress

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Progress : Improvement or a development in a lot of terms as science, art and  technology in order to make the world better. It implies some evolution from an old order with traditions to a new order.

The idea of progress : It basically consists in believing that the world can become better in all these terms.

Problematic : Is the progress a good thing for the world in order to make it better or has it got some drawbacks too ?

Document n°1 :                                The Sea Cleaners (2'21)

-In this video, we read that 8 million tons of plastic waste are dumped in the ocean every year, consequently it kills fish and sea life.

So Yvan Bourgnon, a French man and sailor, created The Manta Project: it is a big cleaning ship that looks like a Manta fish, designed to collect and pack waste before they sink.

        -This ship would use renewable energy like solar power and wind power.

        Besides, it would be self-sufficient in energy.

So, the ship would swallow the waste on board, then people would sort them, after that the plastic waste would be compacted.

On top of that, Yvan Bourgnon wants to educate populations all over the globe about environment.

He would like to raise awareness about waste in the ocean. He aims at sensitising children on the topical issue of sorting the waste.

Indeed, many countries are throwing their trash into the ocean or water, especially Asian countries.

The goal of video is for people to take action everywhere.

Many animals are endangered by the waste that is in the oceans. (fish, whales, dolphins, sea turtles eating plastic wastes, plus many animals are trapped in fish nets are left to die).

We need to do something now.

The sea is not a dustbin.

-Personally, my view is that this video fits in The Idea of Progress because on the one hand, it is about making the world a better place by acting and teaching people about it, and on the other hand, this document joins the other three ones as it's about a cleaning ship (transportation). So, to me, it is an excellent idea from M. Bourgnon because the ship cleans the seas and thus protect the world.

Document n°2 :                          Sir Richard BRANSON's interview

-This is a video entitled “Richard opens the door to space tourism”, which is an interview on C.N.N. of Sir Richard BRANSON, a famous British businessman, author and adventurer, owner of the VIRGIN brand.

This interview dates back from October 22nd, 2010. The topic is space tourism.

 

-First and foremost, tickets to go to space are already for sale, you have to pay $200,000 for a ticket. Hundreds of people have already pre-ordered these tickets.

Richard Branson is extremely excited with his project, and he is proud to announce that his firm, Virgin Galactic, will be the first one to offer the opportunity to go into space.

Then, he explains that he won't go alone: his children ordered him to bring them along.

This was a few ago. Now they are in their twenties, getting married, and he says he thinks his grandchildren will be able to travel into space too.

After that, he explains that only 8 people will be able to go on board his spaceship.

There will be extremely large windows for people to see the Earth from space.

It can remind us of the scenic dome in document B.

However, there is a similar project by the Russians, but it costs $60 million.

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